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summer 2005 and, after a lot of tedious bugfixing, was eventually
completed shortly after the 4.2 release in november 2007.
+
+The next step was getting the 88110-based MVME197 designs to work.
+Single-processor kernels started to run reliably in december 2007.
+
Current status:
-Currently, only the MVME187 and MVME188 boards, as well as similar
+Currently, MVME187, MVME188 and MVME197 boards, as well as similar
designs, are booting multi-user, supporting most of the on-board devices.
There are still a few caveats; depending on your exact hardware setup,
your mileage may vary.
-Work is on progress to fix the remaining problems and reliably support more
-boards.
+Work is on progress to fix the remaining problems.
@@ -109,7 +112,8 @@
- - MVME197 support.
+
- Complete 88110 floating-point support.
+
- MVME197DP multi-processor support.
- Work on unsupported device cards (MVME327, MVME374...).
- Write code for new binutils (and gdb), switch to ELF and, later,
shared libraries.
@@ -137,6 +141,17 @@
All HYPERmodules combinations are supported, but M88200 1P128 and 1P512 have
not been tested.
External cards specific to the MVME188 family provide memory and serial ports.
+
+Multi-processor kernels are supported on these boards in -CURRENT.
+ - MVME197LE
+An entry-level design similar to the MVME187, but based on the 88110 processor
+with integrated MMU and cache controller.
+These boards are supported in -CURRENT.
+ - MVME197SP and MVME197DP
+Improved versions of the MVME197LE, with one (SP) or two (DP) 88110 processors,
+and one 88410 external cache controller per processor.
+These boards are supported in -CURRENT with single-processor
+kernels only so far.
@@ -149,7 +164,7 @@
-- MVME187
+
- MVME187 and MVME197
- Cirrus Logic CL2400 serial ports (tty00-tty03/tty07[M8120]) (cl)
- Intel 82596CA Ethernet interface
@@ -186,18 +201,12 @@
-These boards are currently not supported. However, code for some of them exists
-in the tree, and is currently being debugged.
+These boards are currently not supported. There is nothing, apart from lack
+of availabile hardware, preventing them from being supported eventually.
- MVME180 ``Angelfire'' and MVME181
A low-cost, entry level board, featuring a single 88100 processor, two 88200
CMMUs and two on-board serial ports.
- - MVME197LE
-An entry-level design similar to the MVME187, but based on the 88110 processor
-with integrated MMU and cache controller.
- - MVME197SP and MVME197DP
-Improved versions of the MVME197LE, with one (SP) or two (DP) 88110 processors,
-and one 88410 external cache controller per processor.
@@ -335,7 +344,7 @@
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